I live in a tiny patch of the East End that was untouched. At the end of our road is the site of the first V-1 bomb that fell on London. Not far from us in Bethnal Green was the site of the deadliest civilian incident in WWII - almost 200 people killed in a tube station in a stampede. The Brits suffered tremendously in WWII - I think we easily forget that since they weren't invaded by troops.